Ascension Via Christi Comprehensive Stroke Center
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About Us
If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, go directly to the ER or dial 9-1-1.
We are certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Joint Commission, an independent accrediting organization that is the nation’s predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in healthcare. This recognition reflects our expert care, advanced capabilities and positive stroke recovery outcomes.
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke GoldPlus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
Experience and Advanced Interventions
The neuroscience care team at Ascension Via Christi shares a single goal: Provide high quality, coordinated stroke care from the moment the patient enters the emergency room through recovery and rehabilitation. Our multidisciplinary team has specialized training to provide the highest quality stroke care and includes:
- Emergency medicine
- Hospital medicine and critical care
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Pharmacy
- Radiology
- Rehabilitation services
Each member is specially trained and has a specific responsibility to respond quickly and completely to the needs of a stroke patient.
At Ascension Via Christi St. Francis, the 20-bed neurocritical care unit is overseen by neurocritical care fellowship trained physicians. The team provides in-house evaluation and treatment for acute stroke, advanced neuro imaging, and interventional acute stroke care.
As part of our commitment to improve stroke care , we also participate in stroke clinical trials.